INDEX. 



Abortion, 329. 



Abscess, 389. 



Adams, Setb. imports Merinos into United 



States, 22. 

 Allen, A. B. describes first French, Merinos 

 imported into United States, 35. 

 recommends tar, sulphur and alum for 

 diseased sheep, 194. 

 Anatomy of the sheep, 264, et eeg. 

 cut of skeleton, 2&i. 

 cut of skull, 265. 

 cut of teeth, 266. 



cut of section of sheep''s head, 273. 

 the omentums described, 293. 

 cut of external appearance of stomachs, 



294. 

 cut of interaal appearance of stomachs. 



395. 

 stomachs and their functions described, 



295. 

 mode of introducing medicines into 



the stomach, 299. 

 cut of the intestines, 303. 

 Apoplexy, 280. 

 Arlington long-wooled sheep, origin of 44, 



54. 

 Atwood. Stephen, his femily of Merinos 

 described, 28, 29. 

 Ms family of Merinos compared with 



Mr. Jarvis' 28. 

 their improvement in other hands, 29, 



30. 

 a strict in-and-in breeder, 120, 

 the improved Paulars receive a cross 

 from his flock, 417-419. 



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Baker, the Messrs., their experimients in 

 crossing French and American Me- 

 rinos, 129 note. 

 Bakewell, Robert, the great improver of 

 Leicester sheep, 45. 

 an in-and-in breeder, 46, 119. 

 In-and-in breeding formed an element 



of his success, 152. 

 origin of his flock not probably drawn 



from different breeds, 133. 

 his sheep improved by Cotswold blood, 

 47, 133. 



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Bakewell, Robert, he purposely rotted 



sheep, 376. 

 Barns for sheep, construction of, 212-219. 

 cuts of 213, 217, 218. 

 should be cleaned out in winter, 219. 

 BeaneSr Capt., imports Teeswater and 



Soulih JDown sheep, 44 note. 

 Bedford, Dr., on the necessity of exercise, 



etc., to pregnant females, 222. 

 Beets as sheep feed, 243. 

 Bement, Caleb N., his account of C, Dunn's 



flock, 44 note. 

 Biflex Canal, disease of, 354, 355. 

 Bigelow, Dr., account of St. Johns-wort, 



276. 

 Black-faged Scotch sheep described, 51. 

 introduced into the United States by 



Samnel Campbell, 52. 

 weight of tbeir fleeces, 52. 

 imported by Sanford Howard, 52. 

 Blacklock, Mr,, cited in regard to diseases 



of sheep, 277, 316. 

 Blain, 291, 292. 

 Blanchard, H., introduces the "Wool Depot 



system, 177. 

 Bleeding, place for, 314, 315. 



mode of performing, 314, 315. 

 Boardman, S. P., states cost of getting 

 wool and other products to market 

 from Illinois, 251 note, 

 his article on prairie sheep husbandry, 

 260. 



Brain, hydatid on, 277-279. 

 water on, 2^9, 280. 

 inflammation of the, 281. 

 Braxyj 31X. 



Breeding, in-and-in, extent of among im- 

 proved Infantados, 30. 

 definition of the term, 101. 

 like i)roduces like, 101. 

 breeding back, 101. 

 causes of hereditary transmission 

 partly controllable, 101, 102. 

 likeness inherited with uniformity 



among full bloods, 102. 

 mongrels, etc.', do not transmit like- 

 ness with unifoi'mity, 102. 

 counteracting the defects of one parent 

 by the excellencies of the other, 103. 

 hereditary predispositions to be re 



garded, 103. 

 accidental characteristics, how ac 

 counted for, 103, 104. 



